The Berzobis roman fort
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The Roman settlement at Berzovia was a legion fort, fortified with a mound of earth and ditches, measuring 490 m x 410 m. According to archaeologist Alexandru Fluture, this was the first large fort built by the Roman army in the first war of conquest of Dacia. Thus, the Berzobis fort, mentioned in ancient times on the maps of the Roman Empire, is located in the hearth of the village. The military construction was until 119 AD the garrison of the IV Flavia Felix legion.
The first non-scientific archaeological excavations at the ruins of the great Roman fort at Berzovia were made at the end of the 16th century and were published in a magazine in Bratislava (Nenes Ungarisches Magazin) by Hoffinger. As a result of these excavations, the praetorium, the caldarium, as well as the aqueductor pipes and canals were revealed.
In 1856, the official Șefan Ionescu, undertakes other excavations, during the period when the village of Jidovin was moved to the Roman camp. In 1866, in addition to the bricks with the inscription of the IV Flavia Felix and XIII Gemina Legions, various household items and money from the time of the emperors Vespasian, Trajan and Commodus were unearthed. In 1882, Kart Torma, a Transylvanian archaeologist, traveled the Roman road from Banatca Palanca to Tibiscum, also identifying the Berzobis castle yoke.
As in numerous settlements in Caraș-Severin County and in Berzovia, archaeological research has revealed traces and settlements from the first Iron Age.
In the hearth of the village, the oldest traces discovered are some Neolithic ceramic fragments, belonging to the early and late Neolithic. Traces of settlements from the first Iron Age were also reported, both in Berzovia and in Fizeg, a village belonging to the commune, proving the wide diffusion of cultures belonging to this period, when the foundations of the future Daco-Getic civilization were laid.
Material evidence of the existence of Daco-Gothic settlements, dating from before the Roman conquest, have come to light both in Berzovia and in Fizeg, among the archaeological materials found are ceramic fragments, belonging to vessels made by hand or on the wheel (the usual cup dacian - catuia - frequent in all known settlements on the territory of Romania)
Photo Text Source: https://www.primaria-berzovia.ro/istoric
The first non-scientific archaeological excavations at the ruins of the great Roman fort at Berzovia were made at the end of the 16th century and were published in a magazine in Bratislava (Nenes Ungarisches Magazin) by Hoffinger. As a result of these excavations, the praetorium, the caldarium, as well as the aqueductor pipes and canals were revealed.
In 1856, the official Șefan Ionescu, undertakes other excavations, during the period when the village of Jidovin was moved to the Roman camp. In 1866, in addition to the bricks with the inscription of the IV Flavia Felix and XIII Gemina Legions, various household items and money from the time of the emperors Vespasian, Trajan and Commodus were unearthed. In 1882, Kart Torma, a Transylvanian archaeologist, traveled the Roman road from Banatca Palanca to Tibiscum, also identifying the Berzobis castle yoke.
As in numerous settlements in Caraș-Severin County and in Berzovia, archaeological research has revealed traces and settlements from the first Iron Age.
In the hearth of the village, the oldest traces discovered are some Neolithic ceramic fragments, belonging to the early and late Neolithic. Traces of settlements from the first Iron Age were also reported, both in Berzovia and in Fizeg, a village belonging to the commune, proving the wide diffusion of cultures belonging to this period, when the foundations of the future Daco-Getic civilization were laid.
Material evidence of the existence of Daco-Gothic settlements, dating from before the Roman conquest, have come to light both in Berzovia and in Fizeg, among the archaeological materials found are ceramic fragments, belonging to vessels made by hand or on the wheel (the usual cup dacian - catuia - frequent in all known settlements on the territory of Romania)
Photo Text Source: https://www.primaria-berzovia.ro/istoric
